Re: 3rd new wheezy install
On Sunday 08 February 2015 06:29:00 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday, February 08, 2015 12:59:11 AM Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > The alignment seems to be bad on every partition if you do it by hand,
> > > but if you just let it use the whole disk, the first parttition is
> > > good, but the swap seems out of kilter and probably slow if and when I
> > > ever get into swap.
> >
> > But your swap was aligned just fine. You showed:
> > > /dev/sda5 1919979520 1953523711 16772096 82 Linux swap /
> > > Solaris
> >
> > That is aligned okay. No need to complain about it. Use it. It is
> > aligned okay.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Then why is fdisk complaining?:
>
> root@coyote:/home/amanda/amanda-3.3.6# fdisk -l /dev/sda
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000657ed
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 2048 1919977471 959987712 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 1919979518 1953523711 16772097 5 Extended
> Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary. <------here
> /dev/sda5 1919979520 1953523711 16772096 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
>
> But do the math, and it is aligned. fdisk is lying? IDK.
>
> Thanks Bob.
Partition 2 IS NOT SWAP. Partition *5* is swap.
Lisi
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